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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Anhe Ghore Da Daan (English: Alms for a Blind Horse) is a 2011
Punjabi-language film. The film is based on the Punjabi novel of the
same title published in 1976 by Gurdial Singh. It portrays the plight
and problems of Indian farmers as well as the landlords. The film won
National Awards for Best Direction, Cinematography and Best Feature Film
in Punjabi at the 59th National Film Awards of India.

On a foggy winter morning, a Dalit family in a village in Punjab wakes
up to the news of the demolition of a house of one of their community
members on the outskirts of the village. Father, a silent sympathiser,
joins his community in demand for justice for the affected family. The
same day, his son Melu, a cycle-rickshaw puller in the city, is
participating in a strike by his union. Injured and alienated, Melu
spends the day quietly resting and later joins his friends as they tease
him over his state of affairs. Hesitantly, he drinks with them in the
night as they debate the meaning of their existence. Cycling through the
city streets, Melu feels lost and wonders where to go and what to do.
Back in the village, his mother feels humiliated at the treatment meted
out by the landlords in whose fields she works. Gunshots are heard in
the night and the village is tense. It's the night of the lunar eclipse.
A man wanders asking for the traditional alms while Father decides to
visit the city with a friend, even as his daughter Dayalo walks through
the village streets in the night.